Color of the title bar

HI
How do you change the color of the title bar of a frame....also is it possible to paint an image on the tile bar so that its looks could be enhanced..pls help

Hi Arya,
There are 2 questions here, 1 is simple to answer the other is quite difficult.
How do you change the color of the title bar of a frameSimply add the colors you want to the UIManager
UIManager.put("Frame.activeTitleBackground", new ColorUIResource(YOURCOLOUR_BACKGROUND));
UIManager.put("Frame.activeTitleForeground", new ColorUIResource(YOURCOLOUR_FOREGROUND));
UIManager.put("Frame.inactiveTitleBackground", new ColorUIResource(YOURCOLOUR_INACTIVE_BACKGROUND));
UIManager.put("Frame.inactiveTitleForeground", new ColorUIResource(YOURCOLOUR_INACTIVE_FOREGROUND));
also is it possible to paint an image on the tile bar This is a bit more tricky. You will need to implement your own RootPaneUI which in turn uses a TitlePane class that represents the title bar. In your implementation of the title bar you will handle adding an image.
Have a look at MetalRootPaneUI and MetalTitlePane to get an idea about the implementation.
N35Sy

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